To the east the factories standLike fire breathing dragons against the skyAnd from their throats a scarlet riverBurns itself into smoky lullabiesOver neon and fluorescent skies

Valerie can you hear those engines droneI wanted to go to MexicoBut I'm stranded here aloneAnd once I knew a true loveIt's been three years since he's goneAnd if I could get that feeling backI'd give up everything I own

Sixteen days since I left CoronaAnd I traveled to this carnival town near AlberndeelAnd I rode the coaster there on the fairgroundTwisted backbone of a beast that never healsAnd I left some skin on fortune's wheel

Valerie can you hear those engines droneI wanted to go to MexicoBut I'm stranded here aloneAnd once I knew a true loveIt's been three years since he's goneAnd if I could get that feeling backI'd give up everything I own

Everything's in slow motion nowIn this little border townI've come so close from so farJust to hide behind these windows hereFrom the world outsideI watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dustDown the road as they pass by

Valerie can you hear those engines droneI wanted to go to MexicoBut I'm stranded here aloneAnd once I knew a true loveIt's been three years since he's goneAnd if I could get that feeling backI'd give up everything I ownEverything I ownEverything I own